2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia

PokerNews Cup Australia: The Main Event
Day: 1a
1a1b23
Event Info
2008 PokerNews Cup Championships - Australia
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♣j♠
Prize
250,000 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
2,000 AUD
Total Entries
410
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 410

2008 PokerNews Cup Australia Championships - The Main Event

Over half a million dollars has changed hands this week in the confines of the Crown Poker Room here in Melbourne, but that number will be dwarfed by the prizepool that will be generated by the 2008 PokerNews Cup Main Event.

The Cup Championship kicks off just past midday this afternoon and expects to attract a field somewhere in the ballpark of 400-500 players -- half of them will play today, and the other in tomorrow's Day 1b field. The event boasts a guaranteed $250,000 first place prize, a number juicy enough to draw out the region's best players. 2005 WSOP Main Event Champ Joe Hachem, Lee 'Final Table' Nelson, Tony 'G' Guoga, Billy 'The Croc' Argyros and James 'Andy McLEOD' Obst are just a few of the big names we expect to see take to the felt today and tomorrow, each with an eye on that quarter-million-dollar grand prize.

PokerNews' Live Reporting Team will be on site for the duration of the event, bringing you chip counts, photos, video interviews and up-to-the minute reports of the action as it happens. The party starts at 12:10 p.m. local time. We hope to see you then!